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If you are an unpaid carer ( this includes if you are in receipt of Carers Allowance) then there are lots of benefits to letting your GP know. These include; Many GP practices now have a designated ‘Carers Champion’ which you can access Practice staff will be aware of your caring role Signposting to useful information … Register As A Carer With Your GP
Rushcliffe Clinical Commissioning Group and Nottinghamshire County Council are providing a workshop for Carers in Rushcliffe to learn about the power of music and providing them with an opportunity to access a specially designed toolkit “My Music Oasis” from local charity, musicworks. Please clink on the link below for more details Oasis Workshop
The Carers First Adult Carer Support Service are facilitating a new Transitions Peer Support Group for parents/carers of young people transitioning from Children to Adult Services. The meetings will be held at the Carers Federation, Christopher Cargill House, 21-23 Pelham Road, Nottingham NG5 1AP on the first Wednesday of the month from 10am-12noon. To register your interest or … Transitions Peer Support Group
**Carers Support 24:7** Sign up for the Carers Federation Carers Network Once you have signed up to the Social Network you will need to wait for our admin to approve your account When you have been approved you can start following people (other Carers Federation service users) Yo can share stories, gain information & peer … Secure Social Networking Site available to all Carers Federation registered carers
Free short term respite available for Nottingham City carers 18+ who are caring for someone not in receipt of Adult Social Care. For more information or to access the service you can call the Carers First Team at the Carers Federation on 0115 9629 369 – Respite will be provided by NCHA Respite Leaflet
Keen to lose excess weight or maintain a Healthy Pregnancy? A new countywide weight management service will support and assist adults, young people, children and families who would like to increase physical activity levels and eat a health balanced diet. and who have a BMI over 25. Their specialist advisers will be able to help … Everyone Health Change Point
Even basic first aid knowledge can be the difference between a life lost and a life saved. St John Ambulance free first aid app puts potentially life saving advice at your fingertips. Available for AndroidTM, BlackBerry® and iPhone® mobile device users, the app provides easy to follow advice on a range of first aid scenarios, … FREE life saving app
The Care Act 2014 came into force on April 1st 2015. The Act for the first time gives carers the legal right to recognition and entitlement to support in their own right. Local Authorities now have a responsibility to, “assess a carers needs for support where the carer appears to have such needs,” this now … The Care Act 2014 – What it means for you as an Unpaid Carer
Percurra Services provide training courses for personal assistants and unpaid carers, they offer one free place per course for unpaid carers. To find out about dates of specific courses download the jan-mar-training-calendar-2017-pas-unpaid-carers-v1 For further information or to book a place call Percurra on 0115 9696108 or email learning&development@percurra.com
Rushcliffe CCG have commissioned a new service, in partnership and, to be delivered by Carers Federation across Rushcliffe. Staring from 1st March 2015 we will be working alongside your Rushcliffe GP practice, doctors, staff and carers champions to keep carers informed of their rights and support them in their caring roles. Look out for us … New Rushcliffe Carers Service
